Carlos Gelbert

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Carlos Gelbert
Carlos Gelbert in 2025
Carlos Gelbert in 2025
Native name
کارلوس کلبرت
Born1948 (age 77–78)
Basra, Iraq
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish, Arabic, Mandaic, German
CitizenshipAustralian
GenreNon-fiction
Fiction
SpouseSue Aran[1]

Carlos Gelbert (born 1948) is an Australian writer and translator. He is best known for publishing the first full-length English translations of the Ginza Rba (2011) and Mandaean Book of John (2017) together with Mark J. Lofts. Gelbert has also translated the Ginza Rba (2021) into Arabic, as well as Mandaean Prayers and Hymns, a 2002 Arabic translation of the first 103 prayers of the Qulasta along with the original Mandaic text. In 2025, Gelbert published a full English translation of the Qulasta with Mark J. Lofts.

Biography

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Gelbert was born in 1948[2] in Basra, Iraq.[3] During the Saddam Hussein era, he moved to Germany, where he worked as a teacher and occupational therapist.[4] Gelbert immigrated to Australia in the 1990s and currently resides in the Sydney metropolitan area.[3][1]

Books authored

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Below is a list of books authored by Gelbert.[5][6]

Mandaean texts

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  • 2002. Mandaean Prayers and Hymns. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Arabic; Mandaic in original script)
  • 2011. Ginza Rba. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (English; co-edited with Mark J. Lofts)[7]
  • 2017. The Teachings of the Mandaean John the Baptist. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (English; co-edited with Mark J. Lofts)[1]
  • 2021. Ginza Rba. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Arabic; Mandaic transliterated in Arabic script)[8]
  • 2025. The Qulasta. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (English; co-edited with Mark J. Lofts)[9]

Mandaeism

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  • 2003. A Letter to My Son. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • 2005. The Mandaeans and the Jews. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • 2009. Jesus whose other name was Joash. Austin Macauley Publishers. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • 2013. The Mandaeans (Last Gnostics) and the Christians in the time of Jesus Christ. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (discusses the history of the Mandaeans in Edessa during Late Antiquity)
  • 2018. An Authentic Collection of Mandaean Stories and Fairy Tales. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • 2023. The Key to All the Mysteries of Ginza Rba. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (glossary of more than 144 alphabetically arranged subjects)

Novels

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English
  • 2001. Stories of Marriage and Love. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • 2014. The Daughter of The God Jupiter. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • 2016. Those Who Love and Those Who Die. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
German
  • 1995. Ruth und Sarah. Aulendorf: Verlag Eppe GmbH. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • 1996. Amadeus oder Ich liebe Gott. Aulendorf: Verlag Eppe GmbH. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • 1996. Zeit der Lieblosigkeit. Aulendorf: Verlag Eppe GmbH. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..

Others

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  • 2020. My Unordinary Sex Book. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • 2024. Why On Earth Him? Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..

References

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